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David Gemmell, né le 1er août 1948 à Londres et mort le 28 juillet 2006 à Hastings, est un écrivain britannique. Wikipedia

✵ 1. août 1948 – 28. juillet 2006

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“Si elle partage vos sentiments? Quelle différence cela fait-il? Achetez-la, quoi qu'il en soit!

Hélicon secoua la tête.

-On peut acheter de l'or brilliant comme le soleil, et des diamants à l'éclat lunaire. Mais on ne peut pas acheter le soleil, ni posséder la lune.”

David Gemmell: Citations en anglais

“Hold on to your dreams, Kiall. They are more important than you realise.”

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David Gemmell livre Quest for Lost Heroes

Source: Drenai series, Quest for Lost Heroes, Ch. 5

“War is for men, for honor and glory.”

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David Gemmell livre Waylander II: In the Realm of the Wolf

Source: Drenai series, Waylander II: In the Realm of the Wolf, Ch. 7

“For the lion to to prosper the deer must die. All the world is combat.”

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David Gemmell livre Waylander II: In the Realm of the Wolf

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Drenai series, Waylander II: In the Realm of the Wolf

“How do you do it? How do you stay so strong?”

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David Gemmell livre The King Beyond the Gate

"I fake it."
Source: Drenai series, The King Beyond the Gate, Ch. 22

“…the baresark loses all fear; his method is all-out attack, and invariably he takes his opponent with him even if he falls.”

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David Gemmell livre Legend

Source: Drenai series, Legend, Pt 1: Against the Horde, Ch. 6

“The nature of a coward is to avoid death. If such a man courts peril there can be only two reasons. Either he is not a coward at all — or there is no danger.”

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David Gemmell livre Stormrider

Source: Rigante series, Stormrider, Ch. 4

“We all of us carry the seed of evil in our hearts and souls … Even the purest, even the most holy. It is part of the human condition, born in us. We cannot root it out. All that we can do — at best — is to prevent it from germinating.”

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David Gemmell livre The Swords of Night and Day

Source: Drenai series, The Swords of Night and Day, Ch. 10

“…love is in the eyes, and one woman knows when another woman is in love.”

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David Gemmell livre The King Beyond the Gate

Source: Drenai series, The King Beyond the Gate, Ch. 22

“While men compete in war, there will be warriors. While there are warriors, there will be princes among warriors. Among the princes will be kings, and among the kings an emperor.”

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David Gemmell livre Legend

Source: Drenai series, Legend, Pt 1: Against the Horde, Ch. 28

“Kings are chosen by the Source, so it is said … Therefore those who fight for the king can be said to be godly. Is that not cause enough?”

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David Gemmell livre Stormrider

Source: Rigante series, Stormrider, Ch. 2

“[F]ear is a great ally.”

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David Gemmell livre Legend

Source: Drenai series, Legend, Pt 1: Against the Horde, Ch. 7

“What I did understand from the rebirth process was that the rebirth reproduced a physical duplicate of the original. But this is my point. It is physical.”

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David Gemmell livre The Swords of Night and Day

What truly makes a man who he is? Is it the strength of his arms, or the courage of his soul? You have your own soul, Harad. You are not Druss. Live your own life."
Source: Drenai series, The Swords of Night and Day, Ch. 8

“You have suffered many wounds.”

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David Gemmell livre Waylander II: In the Realm of the Wolf

[...] "It shows how many skilled swordsmen there are."
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Drenai series, Waylander II: In the Realm of the Wolf

“Look around you - this [land] is cold, inhospitable. Only the strong survive. Here there are no green fields, no verdant pastures. A warrior is old by the time he is thirty. We have no energy to spend on pretty words.”

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David Gemmell livre Quest for Lost Heroes

Source: Drenai series, Quest for Lost Heroes, Ch. 12

“I understand why some men become soldiers: to protect the nation and all that. But a whole race of people living to be soldiers seems … unhealthy.”

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David Gemmell livre Legend

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Drenai series, Legend, Pt 1: Against the Horde

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